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Supply chains: healthcare - for iPad/Mac/PC

The Open Universitywww3.open.ac.uk
From surgical tools to obstetric instruments, personalised colostomy bags to hip implants, the UK's National Health Service requires an astonishing number of products to be manufactured, delivered and routinely managed. What happens behind the scenes to ensure the systems function smoothly? This album focuses on the different roles of B.Braun, a large supplier of medical equipment which also provides customised services for patients. In this time-critical setting, their supply chain processes must be organised with scrupulous efficiency. This material forms part of The Open University course T882 Supply chain innovation, strategy and management.
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Episodes

An unusual market sector

An introduction to B.Braun, the company which provides surgical implants and medical implements for the UK's National Health Service.

Jan 11, 20104 min

Transcript -- An unusual market sector

Transcript -- An introduction to B.Braun, the company which provides surgical implants and medical implements for the UK's National Health Service.

Jan 11, 2010

A product or a service?

B. Braun must provide a diverse range of services, from customised colostomy bags to time-critical operating theatre kits.

Jan 11, 201011 min

The steriliser's tale

How contaminated instruments are tracked and processed to re-enter the internal supply chain at Leeds General Infirmary.

Jan 11, 201012 min

Transcript -- The steriliser's tale

Transcript -- How contaminated instruments are tracked and processed to re-enter the internal supply chain at Leeds General Infirmary.

Jan 11, 2010

The procurer's tale

A well-organised supply chain is fundamental to getting the correct hip implant into the right hands at the right time.

Jan 11, 201024 min

Transcript -- The procurer's tale

Transcript -- A well-organised supply chain is fundamental to getting the correct hip implant into the right hands at the right time.

Jan 11, 2010

The tonsillectomy tale

How in 2001 B. Braun's supply chain had to respond to a crisis which led to highly engineered metal instruments being replaced by disposable plastics.

Jan 11, 20109 min

Transcript -- The tonsillectomy tale

Transcript -- How in 2001 B. Braun's supply chain had to respond to a crisis which led to highly engineered metal instruments being replaced by disposable plastics.

Jan 11, 2010
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